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  "id": 11281026,
  "title": "Dynacare workers provide essential services that must be maintained during strike, labour board rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/dynacare-workers-provide-essential-services-that-must-be-maintained",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T20:57:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/10/01/dynacare-workers-provide-essential-services-that-must-be-maintained-during-strike-labour-board-rules"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Manitoba Labour Board has declared Dynacare employees as essential workers, stating their services must continue during a labour dispute. Dynacare, a private company with 350 lab technicians and technologists, went on strike on September 8, 2023, in Winnipeg, Brandon, and other communities. The dispute revolves around a significant wage gap between Dynacare employees and their counterparts in the public health-care sector. Dynacare workers have been without a contract since March 31. The Labour Board's ruling, based on evidence presented by witnesses from Dynacare and the province during a September 15 hearing, found that the withdrawal of Dynacare's services would severely limit access to specimen collection, laboratory testing, and diagnostic results across Manitoba.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Manitoba’s labour board rules Dynacare medical lab staff to be essential workers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/manitobas-labour-board-rules-dynacare-medical-lab-staff-to-be",
        "published": "2026-10-01T20:09:11.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}